Museo di Capodimonte

History of the museum

King Charles of Bourbon began the palace in 1738, both as a hunting lodge and to house the art he had inherited from the Farnese family, which came from his mother. It became a museum of the Italian state in 1957 and is set in a huge royal park.

Top pieces

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  Portrait of Pope Paul III Titian, 1543

In our gallery from here (20)

The Blind Leading the BlindPieter Brueghel the Elder · 1568 Judith Slaying HolofernesArtemisia Gentileschi · 1613 The MisanthropePieter Brueghel the Elder · 1568 Pope Paul III and His GrandsonsTitian · 1546 The Choice of HerculesAnnibale Carracci · 1596 Madonna and Child and Two AngelsSandro Botticelli · 1468 AnteaParmigianino · 1535 Portrait of Giulio ClovioEl Greco · 1571 CrucifixionMasaccio · 1426 Transfiguration of ChristGiovanni Bellini · 1478 Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist and St Peter MartyrLorenzo Lotto · 1503 Portrait of Luca PacioliJacopo de' Barbari · 1497 The Death of Julius CaesarVincenzo Camuccini · 1798 Annunciation with Saints John the Baptist and AndrewFilippino Lippi · 1485 Portrait of Gian Galeazzo SanvitaleParmigianino · 1524 Saint Jerome in His StudyNiccolò Antonio Colantonio · 1444 The Holy Family with St. JohnParmigianino · 1528 Saint SebastianMattia Preti · 1657 Madonna of the BaldacchinoLuca Giordano · 1685 Quisisana seen from a Terrace with the Royal HouseholdJohan Christian Dahl · 1820